Professor
Shinji Ohmaki
Profile
1971
1995
1997
Born in Gifu, Japan
B.F.A. in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
M.F.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Solo Exhibitions
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
"INSIDE OUT" / Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan
"CONTACT" / SKYDOOR Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
"AMBIVALENCE" / Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan
"AMBIENCE" (FOCUSING on A NEW GENERATION in JAPAN 2001)
/ Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan
"Opened Eyes－Closed Eyes, air corridor 2000" (TOKYO WONDER WALL)
/ Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Japan
"MUGEN" / Gallery NAF, Aichi, Japan
"ECHO" / TOKYO WONDER SITE, Tokyo, Japan
"Play Back" (TOKYO WONDER WALL －Follow up－)
/ Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Japan
"MUGEN －Field－" / Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan
"Shinji Ohmaki exhibition" / Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.A
"ECHOES -INFINITY-" / Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Crystallization" / Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"If you could see inside me" / ISHIDA TAISEISHA CO. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan
"Liminal Air -Descend-2006" / Gallery A4, Tokyo, Japan
"Liminal Air -Descend- 2007"
/ 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Design Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
"Open Studio 40 Shinji Ohmaki" / Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"SOFT&QUIET" / Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China
"ECHOES － INFINITY : Cherry Orchard" / BALS TOKYO NAKAMEGURO, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition / Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo, Japan
Solo Exhibition / Zonca & Zonca, Milan, Italy
Exhibitions
1997
1999
2000
2002
2003
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
"KIRIN CONTEMPORARY AWARD 1997" / KIRIN Art Space Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
/ KIRIN PLAZA, Osaka, Japan
"DESTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION"/ The University Art Museum
－Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
"TAMAVIVANT ’99" / Tama Art University Gallery, Tokyo
"SHINE OUT 2000 － Kyoto Arts Festival" / Daigoji－Temple, Kyoto, Japan
"INDOOR LIFE" / Nagoya port garden wharf No.20, Nagoya, Japan
"ART COCKTAIL 2002" / gallery & space AGITT, Tokyo, Ka@am, Japan
"2003 Art Odyssey" / Chiba City Museum of Art
"Out of the Blue" / TOKYO WONDER SITE
"The 6th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art"
/ Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan
"Twinkling Touch －Japanese and Western Pointillism－"
/ Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
"SPIRAL TAKE ART COLLECTION" / Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan
"GLOBAL PLAYERS in BankART1929"
/ BankART1929 & BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa
"PARADISE TIME" / Spiral Garden, Tokyo
"GLOBAL PLAYERS in Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany"
/ Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
"BTAP 5th Anniversary － Works in Progress" / BTAP, Beijing, China
"Beautiful New World: Contemporary Culture from Japan"
/ BTAP, Beijing, China / Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
"Contemporary Art Festival Art Now 2007" / Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
"Cycle and Recycle in Contemporary Art"
/ Aichi prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
"-scape" / Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea
"The 8th Ssamzie Space Open Studio Exhibition, Hate to leave my studio"
/ Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
"NO BOUNDS － Happy Contemporary 2007"
/ Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
"Yokohama Triennale 2008" / Kanagawa, Japan
"Happiness in Everyday Life" / Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
"CAFE in Mito 2008" / At various places throughout central Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan
"Milestones" / Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
"Weaving" / Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea
"Asia－Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art" / Brisbane, Australia
Grants and Awrads
1997
1999
2000
2002
2003
2005
Encouragement prize at KIRIN CONTEMPORARY AWARD 1997
The 14th Holbein Scholarship Grant
Prize at TOKYO WONDER WALL
Prize at 10th Public Competition "Creating Kyoto," Kyoto Arts Festival
The 5th ADSP (Art Documents Support Program by SHISEIDO)
Special Prize at "The 6th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art"
Nominated for McCormick Tribune Foundation Competition / Chicago, U.S.A
Workshops
2003
2005
2007
2008
"Where have the flowers gone?" / Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
"Searching for the Lights" / Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
"Making a New Map" / Aoyama Spiral Garden, Tokyo
"Let the flowers bloom in the gallery" / Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
"Kiseki-no-niwa" / Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
"Yume-no-Shima / Ocean Island"
/ Gyeonggido Museum of Modern Art / Ansan City, Korea
"ECHOS － Infinity" / Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
"Where have the flowers gone?" / Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Artist in Residence
2003
2006
2007
Vermont Studio Center / Johnson, USA
Ssamzie Space Studio Program / Seoul, Korea
Gyeonggido Museum of Art / Ansan, Korea